Don’t forget that NEAT. is accepting submissions for Issue 8! Our theme this quarter is cabaret. I want fun, flirty, fast-paced. I think our diverse submission pool is going to give it to me. Ooooh I can’t wait to read these subs. View our submission guidelines. Read up on the previous issues to get a feel for what … More NEAT. Goes Dancing at the Cabaret

Hey all! Go check out the new issue of NEAT. up on the website. It’s full of lovely, dirge-ful writing (that’s a word because I say so) and I’m so happy to have been a part in reading and selecting these.

Concerned readers will be happy to know that I am finally back from my hiatus. I am writing to you from a whole new city: Chicago! A lot of packing, an ungodly amount of stress and adrenaline, and a cold-as-shit blizzard of a move-in day later, and I have officially been here for a month. … More Hello hello from the great white Midwest

I braved the holiday season, I ate a million cookies, and I drank three-fourths of a giant bottle of Yellowtail Moscato on New Year’s. But I’m back! Lots of stuff on my plate for the new year. I don’t have “resolutions,” per se, but I have plenty of goals. “Resolution” is just a fancy buzzword … More Happy New Year!

Since I’m bringing Story of the Week back after probably a year of neglect, I will treat you dear Readers to something short and sweet to start things off again. And since the deadline for the Fall 2014 issue of NEAT. is rapidly approaching, I think it’s appropriate to showcase one of the fiction pieces from … More Story of the Week #12 — “Cygnet Lake” by Doug McBride

Aha! Two posts in a week! I’m on a roll. Look around you, dear readers, at my newly redone website. The horror of my thesis reading list is no more, so I deleted that page, which I’m sure caused a deep sigh of relief somewhere in the universe (actually, no, it just came from me). … More New Stuff

I’m beginning to think I’m just a terrible blogger and should give up. But never fear! My inane ramblings are here to stay! Here’s an update on everything that’s been going on in my life and writing. The semester is over. Finally. And so is grad school. That’s another post in itself, but suffice it to … More After yet another hiatus…

Drum roll, please . . . TM Keesling and I just released our third issue of NEAT., the Midwestern literary journal we’ve been slaving over (in a good way). This winter issue is full of the three P’s: poetry, prose, and photography (but holy cow especially poetry). TM and I had an exchange this morning … More NEAT. Issue 3!